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sethzack
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 Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:22 am Post subject: Re: ways of coping with your depression and building self es |
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Watch something funny, if you are feeling like nothing is going right watching a funny show or movie should help you feel better.
Find an activity you enjoy doing
remind yourself of the things you do right
write a journal about the positive events and experiences you have had in life
accept and look at your faults
build your selfconfidence |
I tried that.
I can't do any activities I want to do when I am depressed.
I can't do anything right.
I can't write very well and don't like journals.
I... don't want to look at anything about me.
I can't... this didn't work. 
Dammit, I hate this. I am soaking my bed in tears and nothing can help me!
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sethzack
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: ways of coping with your depression and building self es |
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| sethzack wrote: | | matsuiny2004 wrote: |
Watch something funny, if you are feeling like nothing is going right watching a funny show or movie should help you feel better.
Find an activity you enjoy doing
remind yourself of the things you do right
write a journal about the positive events and experiences you have had in life
accept and look at your faults
build your selfconfidence |
I tried that.
I can't do any activities I want to do when I am depressed.
I can't do anything right.
I can't write very well and don't like journals.
I... don't want to look at anything about me.
I can't... this didn't work.
Dammit, I hate this. I am soaking my bed in tears and nothing can help me! |
I still don't know what to do when this depression hits me...
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I'm an aspie and wouldn't have it any other way.
- My own words.
I have an addiction to my affliction. - My own words
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Ah_Q
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Jamie8675309
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Joined: Jan 31, 2009
Age: 17
Posts: 10
Location: Bangor, Ireland
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: ways of coping with your depression and building self es |
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| sethzack wrote: | | sethzack wrote: | | matsuiny2004 wrote: |
Watch something funny, if you are feeling like nothing is going right watching a funny show or movie should help you feel better.
Find an activity you enjoy doing
remind yourself of the things you do right
write a journal about the positive events and experiences you have had in life
accept and look at your faults
build your selfconfidence |
I tried that.
I can't do any activities I want to do when I am depressed.
I can't do anything right.
I can't write very well and don't like journals.
I... don't want to look at anything about me.
I can't... this didn't work.
Dammit, I hate this. I am soaking my bed in tears and nothing can help me! |
I still don't know what to do when this depression hits me... |
Neither do i, but i think if u try to find sumthing that requires minimal effort that will distract ur mind it may help.
It'll pass |
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MissConstrue
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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I just wish I could get with people without feeling so odd and akward.
The activities listed do help but it gets lonely after a while. I still get suicidal thoughts every now and then but they aren't to a degree that I would do it. It just gets hard to deal with people and also have poor communication skills. I still stumble on words and have trouble processing what I'm about to say.
I've had many people read me the wrong way or take my words out of context. This mainly why I don't communicate with people in general unless I know them real well.
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DustyLens
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A lot of useful stuff above,thanks-adding my favorites-
A really good book-vanish into,if possible.Engages more than TV or film.
Go out-harder to break down in public.I take my camera-good work done from the emotions running high.
Borrow/buy a digital camera-OK,so I'm obsessed,but its a tool to use.
Hit Bach Flower (or any other brand of) Rescue Remedy HARD until you over the bump-weeks are OK,if you need it.
Helps me deal with side-effects from strong pain killers.
Put it in the water cooler for family freak outs (!)
- please remember to add water and boil down for those who can't have booze-its preserved in brandy-
Works well for Alzhiemer's in relatives.And those who care for them.
Clean up,re-paint,etc-promise yourself a pizza,box of chocs,whatever scratches it,at the end.
Start a new project,if only planning,join a forum for it,make friends..see,it works.... 
I know its really hard,even to move,sometimes-just talk yourself into it,baby-step-style.
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BellaDonna
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My Declaration of Self-Esteem
I am me
In all the world, there is no one exactly like me. There is no one who
is the unique combination of everything that makes me who I am.
I own everything about me. My body and my mind.
All my thoughts and ideas, all my feelings, whatever they may be -
joy, frustration, love, disappointment, excitement. All that comes
from my mouth, all that I express, all my words and actions are mine.
I own my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
As long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can encourage myself
and I can look for ways to find out more about myself and seek to
adjust the aspects that are not useful or helpful in my process of
being me and becoming me.
As time passes, some parts of me I will outgrow and some parts will
no longer fit with who I am. But always in becoming me I will hold
dear those parts of me that I cherish and are uniquely beautiful,
because they are me.
I can feel, think, say and be. I have what I need to love and be
loved, to be special in the world.
I am me and yet I am becoming me. |
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MegaAndy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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well thats great advice yeah i'll go get some drugs brilliant some bloody drugs
and build self confidence yeah nice one i'll just go and do that shall i
this gets stickied for that well isnt that brilliant |
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BellaDonna
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| MegaAndy wrote: | well thats great advice yeah i'll go get some drugs brilliant some bloody drugs
and build self confidence yeah nice one i'll just go and do that shall i
this gets stickied for that well isnt that brilliant |
This is ways of coping and building self esteem. Not being negative. There is other threads you can go to share them feelings. |
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MegaAndy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| BellaDonna wrote: | | MegaAndy wrote: | well thats great advice yeah i'll go get some drugs brilliant some bloody drugs
and build self confidence yeah nice one i'll just go and do that shall i
this gets stickied for that well isnt that brilliant |
This is ways of coping and building self esteem. Not being negative. There is other threads you can go to share them feelings. |
sorry about that i was in a very bad mood last night i was just letting it out a bit but i don't like the idea of taking drugs and i cannot build my self esteem easily so there was some meaning in my rant |
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millie
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do some exercise. it floods yo uwtih endorphins so it is like a shot of smack (but milder and ofcourse without the associated complications.)
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CockneyRebel
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I forgive myself for making the mistakes that I did, I put the past behind me and I move on. It's hard at times, but I know that's the best thing for me to do.
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Social_Fantom
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'm finding that giving myself pep talks is helping. In fact, I'm feeling rather cocky. 
But hey, I can't help it. Whenever I eat, I burp excellence. 
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serpienteazul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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laugh really is a great medicine
i just laugh about everything
i started laughing of my self and form there i went on
and do a lot of exercise, that's the best antidepressant
ride a bike, swim, hike, climb a mountain. |
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Asmodeus
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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There are many different confidence builders, and making something or doing something soothing can help, but personally I:
Drink whisky.
Eat Steak.
Get laid. |
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